The California city of , among U.S. cities with the highest number of , was visited by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan this July.

Apple may have finally cleared a hurdle in bringing the iPhone to China as it has reportedly applied for a Network Access License in the Asian country, putting a release just a few months away -- albeit without Wi-Fi.

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt acknowledged this week that his company's foray into the operating system business may further complicate his role as a member of Apple's board of directors.

Apple on Thursday evening delivered to developers a new build of its forthcoming Snow Leopard operating system that addresses a number of outstanding bugs but also delivers a couple of interface tweaks.

A half dozen new patent filings published this week from Apple detail various advancements that could find their way into future iPhones, such as a new "ID App" for identifying objects in a user's surroundings, an interface for managing outgoing

One of the more overlooked features of the new iPhone 3.0 is support for a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP, which promises to open up standards-based video broadcasting to a wide audience while giving mobile users

AUD/USD dipped further to as low as 0.7722 last week but struggled to take out 55 days EMA as well as 0.7710 cluster decisively and turned sideway. Initial outlook is neutral this week and some consolidation might be seen. While

GBP/USD dived sharply to as low as 1.5983 last week before turning into sideway trading. With an intraday low in place, some consolidation might be seen initially this week. However, note that we're favoring the case that GBP/USD has already

USD/CHF continued to gyrate inside range of 1.0630/1.1021 last week without making any progress. At this point, we're still treating price actions from 1.1021 as consolidation to rise from 1.0630 only. Hence, while some more sideway trading might be seen

USD/JPY's strong break of 93.53/84 support zone and steep dive to 91.79 last week invalidated our bullish view and indicates that USD/JPY has indeed topped out at 101.43 already. With an intraday low in place at 91.79, initial outlook is

EUR/USD turned into sideway trading after dipping to 1.3832 last week. From a short term angle, initial outlook is neutral this week and some consolidation might be seen. But after all, we's still favoring the bearish case that fall from

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One way to stimulate demand in the housing market is to slash prices, which is exactly what developers in Ireland are doing to lure buyers. However, this may not be enough with a tight loan market and talk of new

Although several major mortgage servicers put freezes on foreclosures, a recent report shows that this has done little to help borrowers. For several reasons, giving troubled homeowners a few extra months is not sufficient to help them stay in their

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With low prices and the prospects of strong future demand from developing countries, it appears to be a great time to consider investing in commodities. Peter Krauth explains why we may be at the beginning of a long and profitable